============================================================================== POWER SIMULATION -- right_only_d0_5 ============================================================================== model: behavior ~ stim + day + stim:day + (1|rat) (success COUNT; day within-window) observed groups: stim n=4, control n=3 nrep=120, alpha=0.05 ground truth: stim:day=+5.31/day, rat SD=5.25, residual SD=9.96, days=6 true stim:day interaction = +5.31 (100% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.38 | 0.80 <- observed 5 | 0.82 | 0.94 8 | 0.99 | 1.00 12 | 1.00 | 1.00 16 | 1.00 | 1.00 24 | 1.00 | 1.00 true stim:day interaction = +2.65 (50% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.11 | 0.28 <- observed 5 | 0.28 | 0.40 8 | 0.49 | 0.57 12 | 0.72 | 0.77 16 | 0.83 | 0.85 24 | 0.95 | 0.97 Read the per-animal column as the honest power. At the observed N this study is typically underpowered; per-animal power reaches ~0.8 only at larger N.